Manoj Tiwari said everyone should be inspected, irrespective of party lines — be it Okhla MLA Amanatullah Khan or Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi.

Asked why he as the Delhi BJP chief was not taking action against people in his own party, Manoj Tiwari said, “Ek ko punish karne se nahi hoga na, aur punish humein nahi karna hai, kanoon ko karna hai (punishing one won’t solve the problem, and we don’t have to punish, the law has to)”. (PTI Photo)

Days after his party lost the assembly polls in the national capital, Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari, has said politicians who give hate speeches should be barred from contesting — but the action should be across party lines.

He added: “Ek aisa system bane ki jo bhi hate speech diya ho uski vaidhanik manyata hi samapt kar di jaaye (let us start a system wherein people who give hate speeches lose the legal right [to fight polls]). And if such a system is put in place, I, as an individual and not as party president, will support it.”

Asked why he was not taking action against people in his own party, he said, “Ek ko punish karne se nahi hoga na, aur punish humein nahi karna hai, kanoon ko karna hai (punishing one won’t solve the problem, and we don’t have to punish, the law has to)”.